The Suffolk Guild of Ringers for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Learning to Ring
© Stephen Pettman
Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
What's On
in the next four months
For full details please see What's On
June
Saturday 14th - Sunday 14th June
Open Day.Ipswich Minster
Sunday 22nd
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall
Friday 27th
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
Saturday 28th
National 12-bell Striking Contest Final.Bristol St Mary Redcliffe
SW District Practice.Nayland (6)
July
Saturday 5th
SE District Quarter Peal Day.Ashbocking area
Wednesday 9th
Annual Veterans' Afternoon.Debenham (8)
Saturday 12th
NW District Practice.St Nicholas, Oakley (6), IP21 4BW
NE District Outing.
Saturday 19th
Surprise Major Practice.Aldeburgh
Friday 25th
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
Saturday 26th
SW District Striking Competition.Little Cornard (6)
August
Saturday 2nd
SE District Outing.
Saturday 9th
NW District Outing.
NE District Quarter Peal Day.
Sunday 10th
Royal Greenwich Observatory founded.
Friday 15th
VJ Day.
Wednesday 20th
Beccles 10 Bell Practice.
Sunday 24th
Captain Matthew Webb swam the English Channel.
Friday 29th
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
September
Saturday 6th
SE District Ringing.Stutton St Peter, IP9 2SD (6, 11-2-17, good going order, tower ring)
Saturday 13th
NW District Striking Competition.St Leonard, Horringer (6), IP33 2EX
Thursday 25th
Surprise Major Practice.Offton
Friday 26th
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham, St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
Saturday 27th
Stockton and Darlington Railway opened.
October
Saturday 4th
SE District Ringing.Pettistree ( 6, 7-3-13, excellent going order, ground floor ring)
Saturday 11th
NW District Annual Meeting.Fornham St Martin (8), IP31 1ST
Wednesday 15th
Beccles 10 Bell Practice.
Friday 17th
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.TBC
Sunday 19th
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall